London Ecology Unit

The London Ecology Unit (LEU) provided advice to London boroughs on nature conservation issues between 1986 and 2000. It published a series of handbooks, some on specific conservation issues, and some which gave detailed descriptions of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) in each borough. The handbooks provided a basis for addressing nature conservation in the boroughs' Unitary Development Plans, and for policy decisions in planning and leisure services.

History
In 1982 the Greater London Council (GLC) established an Ecology Team, which commissioned the London Wildlife Trust to undertake a survey of wildlife sites in London. The GLC was abolished in 1986, but the work of the Ecology Team was carried on by the LEU, working to a joint committee of London boroughs, the London Ecology Committee. In April 2000 the LEU was merged into the newly established Greater London Authority.

Publications

 * 1. Ecology and Nature Conservation in London
 * 2. A Guide to Habitat Creation
 * 3. Nature Conservation Guidelines for London
 * 4. Woodland, Wasteland, the Tidal Thames and Two London Boroughs
 * 5. Nature Conservation in Brent (1st ed.)
 * 7. Nature Conservation in Hillingdon
 * 8. London's Meadows and Pastures
 * 9. Nature Conservation in Croydon
 * 10, Nature Conservation in Greenwich
 * 11. Nature Conservation in Waltham Forest
 * 12. Nature Conservation in Southwark
 * 13. Nature Conservation in Harrow
 * 14. Nature Areas for City People
 * 15. Nature Conservation in Hounslow
 * 16. Nature Conservation in Ealing
 * 17. Nature Conservation in Newham
 * 18. Nature Conservation in Kingston upon Thames
 * 19. Nature Conservation in Islington
 * 20. Nature Conservation in Barking and Dagenham
 * 21. Nature Conservation in Richmond upon Thames
 * 22. Nature Conservation in Sutton
 * 23. Nature Conservation in Community Forest
 * 24. Nature Conservation in Camden
 * 25. Nature Conservation in Hammersmith & Fulham
 * 26. Nature Conservation in Lambeth
 * 27. Nature Conservation in Tower Hamlets
 * 28. Nature Conservation in Barnet
 * 29. Nature Conservation in Merton
 * 30. Nature Conservation in Lewisham
 * 31. Nature Conservation in Brent (2nd ed.)

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